Improvement in paper boxes



NITED STATES PATIENT Orrron.

THOMAS 12. DE ronnsr, or e nniivenan, n'ssiexonlzronlnsntr m) WALLACE & sons, or Ansoxm, eoxxnorio'or.

mpeovrmrnr m PA'PER BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 150,298, datedA pril '28, 187 4; application filed February 18, 1874.

' an d St-ate of Connecticut, have invented anew Improvement in Paper Boxes and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and'thej letters of reference marked thereon, 'to be, a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-' Figure 1, a perspective view; Fig. 2, a ver tical central section; and, in Figs. 3 and at,

diagrams illustrating the con'strtmtion.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of paper boxes, with special reference to what are known as collar-boxes, but applicable to other purposes; theobjeet being ehiefiy'to dispense with the pasting op erationsor the use of any adhesive material; and the invention consists in forming tongues on one part and corresponding slits in another part, in passing the tongues through the said slits and turning the tongues down upon the surface, where they are secured by entering other slits, or by rivets or other suitable device. I r

1 form the side A of the box with tongues, a, equidistant from each other, upon the lower edge, be, with corresponding slits, (1, near its edge, so that the tongues will pass through the slits,

and the bottom or top, ,as the case may and then the tongues bent down upon the surface, as seen in Figsz'l and 2.. There they maybe secured by tacks,.b, or otherwise' lrevious to bending the'tongues down I preferably depress the surface ofthe bottom or top,

as the case may be, as seen at B, Fig; 2, so thatthe-outside will be flush. Instead of tacks, two slits, ff, Fig. .4, may be formed, and the material 'a between pressed throughboth slits, as seen in Fig. 2. This secures the parts together without rivets. A

I have represented the box as fora collarboxthat is, the sides of equal height and one to close over the'other, so that either may be the bottom or top; the invention. If preferred, the tongues may be formed on the etlge of the'bottom or top, and passed through corresponding slits in the side, and in like manner turned downand secured. The form of the box is also immaterial, as the invention is applic. ble to all shapes;

I claim as my invention- A paper box, the bottom and top (one or both) secured to the sides by tongues on the one part inserted through eorrespondin g slits in the other part and turned down onto the slotted part, substantially as specified."

v I THOMAS B. DE FOREST,

Witnesses: v

A. J. Trnnrrs, J. H. SI-IUMWAY.

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